Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles
Aeschylus Sophocles Translator · English
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Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles
Aeschylus Sophocles Translator · English
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SPECIMENS OF GREEK TRAGEDY Translated By GOLDWIN SMITH, D.C.L. AESCHYLUS AND SOPHOCLES 1893 PREFACE. Greek drama, forerunner of ours, had its origin in the festival of Dionysus, god of wine, which was celebrated with dance, song, and recitative. The recitative, being in character, was improved into the Drama, the chief author of the improvement, tradition says, being Thespis. But the dance and song were retained, and became the Chorus, that peculiar feature of the Greek pl
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